Advanced Respiratory Care Practitioner, Nights

Norton Healthcare; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Assistance

Relocation Assistance

Employee Referral Incentive

Comprehensive Benefits

Job summary

Norton Healthcare in Louisville, KY is seeking an Advanced Respiratory Care Practitioner to initiate respiratory protocols, assess care plans, and help with discharge planning. You will educate patients and families, document care, and participate in quality initiatives to ensure safe, effective treatments.

Required: Associate Degree and one year of respiratory care, plus ACCS or NPS and RRT credentials (National) and KY state credentials; preferred: 3 years in critical care, neonatal/pediatric

Qualifications

• Associate degree in respiratory care or related field.
• One year of respiratory care experience required.
• ACCS or NPS and Registered Respiratory Therapist (National) and Respiratory Therapist (KY) credentials.

Responsibilities

• Initiate respiratory protocols and evaluate protocol steps for all therapies.
• Assess care plans, monitor modalities, and assist discharge planning as needed.
• Educate patients and families on medications and therapy modalities.
• Document accurately, enter charges, monitor supplies, and support daily operations.
• Identify problems and contribute improvement ideas; participate in inservice training.

Skills

Critical thinking

Team participation

Education

Associate Degree

One year respiratory care

ACCS or NPS and RRT (National) and RRT (KY)

Job description

Responsibilities

The Advanced Respiratory Care Practitioner is responsible for the initiation of respiratory protocols and/or the evaluation of protocol steps that will include all modalities of therapy. Serves as a member of the patient care team to assess, develop care plans, evaluate appropriateness of respiratory care modalities, and assists with discharge planning as needed. Provides patient and family education related to medications and therapy modalities appropriate to assessed learning. Participates in monitoring quality of care. Organizes workflow to maintain smooth transition between shifts. Assists in the day to day operations of the respiratory care services by neat and accurate documentation, entering charges for patient billing, monitoring and ordering supplies and medications, and other duties as assigned. Maintains current knowledge via hospital and department communication tools. Identifies problems and recommends ideas and solutions. Demonstrate critical thinking skills. Participates/Provides inservice training.

You may be eligible for some of our programs:

• Tuition Assistance to aid with school costs.
• Relocation Assistanceto help you make the Louisville Metropolitan or Southern Indiana area your new home.
• Employee Referral Incentiveto support your networking and help others join our team.
• Comprehensive Benefitsto choose from to support your needs.

Qualifications

Required

• One year respiratory care
• Associate Degree
• One of: ACCS or NPS AND Registered Respiratory Therapist (National) AND Respiratory Therapist (KY)

Desired

• Three years respiratory care to include critical care
• Adult Critical Care Specialty OR Neonatal Pediatric Specialist OR Neonatal Resuscitation Program